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    The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

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Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

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Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Compromise Quotes,
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Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Weakness Quotes,
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Better bend than break.

Better bend than break.

by Scottish Proverb Found in: Compromise Quotes,
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, read more

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

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I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.

by Lyndon B. Johnson Found in: Compromise Quotes,
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We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

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But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Weakness Quotes,
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The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. read more

The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.

by Bette Davis Found in: Weakness Quotes,
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